Cornball idea

amber waves of cat litter

Somewhere, someone is going hungry because some cat owners need The World's Best Cat Litter. 

The World's Best Cat Litter may indeed be the world's best cat litter. What's a bit odd is that it is made out  of whole kernels of corn. 

Not corn husks, corn byproducts, whatever is left after the corn is removed, actual corn. This is not the kind of corn you'd buy at a store to eat. It is probably about the same grade as animal feed, but a lot more expensive per ounce.

But that's not to say that someone in an area struck by famine would not welcome some downgraded corn flour. Instead, the "Best..." etc. makers mix corn with some unspecified -- but natural -- stuff to better absorb cat waste, and clump.

So in theory, at least, the stuff should be edible, because there's nothing unnatural in it.  Right? What's next? Chick pea cat litter? Avocado cat litter? potato cat litter? 

I, for one, would rather feed people than use the same amount of energy and resources to make my house smell a little bit less like cat stuff. 

The litter now in use cannot in any way be confused with food. It's either clay, or recycled paper, or some other material that has reached the end of its usefulness.

Maybe this corn cat litter is good. Maybe it cooks into something like hominy. 

Look on the bright side. At least now, when poor people are forced to eat cat food, they will have a vegetarian choice.